Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe

"Casual spot for all-day American-European meals, plus baked goods, including Danish-style pastries."

Copenhagen Bakery & Cafe is a Burlingame bakery and cafe on Burlingame Avenue, serving Danish pastries, specialty cakes, and American-European meals since 1977. Known for authentic Danish pastries made fresh daily, custom wedding and special occasion cakes, and specialty cakes including the Princess Cake, Romanoff, Niagara Falls Cake, and White Cloud Cake. Founded in 1977 by Ralf and Shari Nielsen, who trained in Denmark following a family baking tradition; the business has operated for over four decades in Burlingame. Located at 1216 Burlingame Ave, Burlingame; delivers catered meals, cakes, and pastries throughout the San Francisco Bay Area. Reviewers highlight the Princess Cake as a standout, praise the warm ambiance and friendly service, and note that longtime visitors consider the bakery's baked goods as close to authentic Danish as they find in the Bay Area.